Final Weekend of the Festival!
11 June 2011 by Emily O'Donnell in 2011 Festival
The final weekend of the Three Rivers Arts Festival is upon us and there is still plenty to see and do! We have had a great festival so far, with amazing music from the Pittsburgh Symphony, Blind Boys of Alabama, the Tom Tom Club, Tea Leaf Green, Formula 412, James McMurtry, Brandi Carlile and many [...]
The Pittsburgh Symphony’s Triumphant Return
6 June 2011 by Emily O'Donnell in 2011 Festival, Music
The sound of strings warming up floated through the evening air. A gentle melody is formed with the hum of crickets and the murmur of the three rivers surrounding the park. The crowd stretched from the stage all the way out to the artist’s tents, filling the green space with attentive listeners. They had all [...]
Buckwheat Zydeco
6 June 2011 by Ross Scarano in Music
Buckwheat has played at Presidential inaugurations, won Grammy Awards, and seen the zydeco genre make stabs at national popularity.
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
4 June 2011 by Ross Scarano in Music
Ricky Skaggs has had the sort of peerless career that has meant accumulating Grammy Awards like he owns a machine designed to manufacture them, playing with living legends like Emmylou Harris, and marking the genre permanently.
Brandi Carlile
3 June 2011 by Ross Scarano in Music
Carlile has a reputation for impressive performances, a result of her eerie ability to make spaces seem smaller, the distance between performer and listener less.
Formula 412
1 June 2011 by Ross Scarano in Music
By now, you already know Formula 412’s story—five seasoned veterans of the Pittsburgh music scene who came together to form a hip-hop group relying on live instrumentation rather than the DJ and producer driven beats synonymous with hip-hop.
Tea Leaf Green
27 May 2011 by Ross Scarano in Music
If a band can prove its credibility via musicianship and appreciation for the past greats, they’ll be welcomed readily into the floating jam-band musical commune. Tea Leaf Green is in.
The Baseball Project
26 May 2011 by Ross Scarano in Music
Rock ‘n’ roll songs about iconic baseball players and teams? That’s a winner.
James McMurtry
24 May 2011 by Ross Scarano in Music
In the land of men with guitars singing about America, the artist with the sharpest lyrics will stand out most.
Tom Tom Club
13 May 2011 by Ross Scarano in Music
Thirty years ago, a married couple—Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth—that played music in a band called Talking Heads flew to the Bahamas with the intention of recording some new songs. Now, with 30 years of practice, the Tom Tom Club are experts in the art of moving your hips.